Brewhouse and Kitchen has exchanged contracts to acquire the freehold of Wabi, in Horsham — the acquisition is expected to complete in the next 14 days. Wabi is a former prime site public house, in a high footfall location in a premium Sussex town. In addition,...

Suzanne Baker, of Stonegate Pub Company, and Paul Harbottle, the group commercial director of Ei Group, have been named as new non-executive directors of Cask Marque. Suzanne, commercial director at Stonegate, has spent her career within the licensed leisure sector,...

Pub operator and brewer Brakspear is relaunching its managed pub, The Lion, at Wendlebury, near Bicester, with the completion of 13 new bedrooms, a refurbishment of the main bar, and a new general manager to drive the business forward. Brakspear bought The Lion in...

Cheers: watching the royal wedding at the Lifeboat Inn, St Ives The Treasury is set to be on the receiving end of a £70m windfall following a successful trading weekend in Britain’s pubs. With licensing hours on Friday and Saturday extended by two hours from...

As it continues to expand, Butcombe Brewery — part of the Liberation Group — has made two senior appointments, welcoming John Breading as UK sales director and Phil Rowsell as operations manager at the brewery’s Bridgwater distribution centre. John (pictured)...

The Fence pub, in Farringdon, London, has taken on a verdant new look celebrating all things vegetable between now and June 2. The transformation coincided partly with National Vegetarian Week and saw Fuller’s Kitchen create an all vegetarian and vegan menu,...

There’s beer, lots of beer … and burgers, too The latest Head of Steam bar — in Birmingham city centre — is set to open at 5pm on Thursday, June 7, bringing a new craft beer offering to the city, and exclusive European beers as part of the brand’s...

Pub owner NewRiver has responded to press speculation by confirming it is in talks with Hawthorn Leisure regarding a possible acquisition. It said that a transaction, if completed, would be funded from NewRiver’s existing resources. A spokesperson added:...

As Mental Health Awareness Week raises the prominent issue of stress in the workplace, the Licensed Trade Charity is highlighting the ways it helps pub operators and their teams to deal with the issue. With three in four Britons admitting to being so stressed that...

Wadworth is using like-for-like sales increases of 3.65% across its managed estate for the year to September 30, 2017, as a springboard to increase the number of pubs this year. A company statement said: “This has been a second year of solid progress for Wadworth as...

Marston’s has reported strong revenue and profit before tax growth for the 26 weeks ending on March 31. Underlying revenue was up 20% to £528.1m, the company reported, with an 8% rise in profit before tax to £36.3m. The Charles Wells Brewery acquisition helped...

Mitchells & Butlers saw like-for-like sales growth of 1.6% in the 28 weeks to April 14, with adjustment of 2.5% taking the impact of snow into consideration. There was adjusted operating profit of £141m, down on £149, in the first half of 2017. Chief executive,...